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About Dixie Jackson
Born and raised in the heart of the Ozarks, Dixie Jackson learned a love of the written word at a young age. She remembers reading voraciously and spinning her own tales before she could even write them down. It was the encouragement of her sixth-grade creative writing teacher which would plant the idea that just never seemed to go away. She wanted to someday see her works in print.
After experiencing a good bit of the world due to her husband’s thirty-year stint with the USMC and living a few years in the Great Smoky Mountains, Dixie has returned to her roots. She makes her home in the heart of the Ozark Mountains with her now retired Marine husband, two rescue dogs, and her beloved chickens. When she’s not writing, you can find her digging in the dirt and nurturing her plants while plotting the next step in one of her story lines or another. She also loves experimenting in her kitchen, embroidering, quilting, crocheting, climbing her family’s twisted tree through genealogy research, and of course reading.
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Blog postPhoto by Todd Trapani on Pexels.com “Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.”- Jennifer M. Granhol
I firmly remember being a child and going with my grandma and my mom to buy the Decoration Day flowers a couple of weeks prior to Memorial Day. (Yes, at that point, many of my elders still referred to the holiday as Decoration Day.) I remember going2 months ago Read more -
Blog postPhoto by John Howard on Pexels.com I always seem to miss the official A to Z thingy that goes on in the writing world each year, and I always play catch up and do my own version at some point. Sometimes I spin it up in a month, sometimes a few weeks. This time it might take a while longer, but I’ll get there. I thought I’d base my own version of the challenge on places that I’ve visited that have inspired me in some way and/or made it into one of my books. So, we’re off on a grand adventure2 months ago Read more
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Blog postTaken from my office… “You are Mr. Owl. I am Ms. Hummingbird. We may have come from different species, but as long as you’re a bird, I’m a bird too.” – Glad Munaiseche
Long ago and far away, we lived aboard MCAS, Cherry Point. For those non-Marine types in the crowd, that’s positioned in Craven County, North Carolina at the southern end of the Outer Banks chain. If you like water (salty or fresh), seafood straight from the water, sunshine, boats, and marines, Craven County is right u2 months ago Read more -
Blog postPhoto by luiisrtz on Pexels.com “Your whole life is a manifestation of the thoughts that go on in your head.” Lisa Nichols
I am currently reading The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. It’s a pseudoscientific, new-age type book based on the law of attraction. The law of attraction is a philosophy suggesting that positive thoughts bring positive results into a person’s life, while negative thoughts bring negative outcomes. I know, I know. What’s a women’s fiction/romance writer doing o3 months ago Read more -
Blog post‘Bad libraries build collections, good libraries build services, great libraries build communities.’
R David Lankes The library…
I know I’ve written more than a couple of times about the library here. However, I don’t believe you can write about and laud the library too much. The library is a wonderful place filled chock-full of imaginary worlds, valuable information, resources some don’t have access to any other way, movies and books, computers and community rooms, and the lis3 months ago Read more -
Blog postPhoto by Erik Mclean on Pexels.com I must confess. I had forgotten how quickly the weather can change in the Ozarks. I’d also forgotten how sometimes here nature skips a beat, or an entire season.
We’ve lived from one end of this country to the other and experienced all manner of weather, seasonal changes, temperatures, and growing seasons. Each and every time we’ve moved, I’ve had to adjust. I truly, truly, believed once hubby had retired and we’d settled in the Smokies my adjusting3 months ago Read more -
Blog post“Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go on till the end: then stop.”—Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
Friends, the beginning begins over a year ago, when hubby and I made the decision that we must leave our little piece of the Smoky Mountains behind and head westerly, ending in the Ozark Mountains. This is where my people are from since the 1800s (my next genealogy project entails the Missouri First Families Program) by way of North Carolina/Virginia and Kentu3 months ago Read more -
Blog postGood morning, everyone! Welcome to Wednesday and the WWBC sponsored by the great folks over at Long and Short Reviews. For a complete list of this week’s participants and for instructions how to participate drop by HERE. This week’s topic of discussion…
Re-reading books. Why or why not?
Are there really people out there who don’t re-read books? I have a folder on my Kindle labeled: REREAD WORTHY. And I visit it often. More often lately if I’m being honest. I hate to be the poo2 years ago Read more -
Blog post‘If you’re looking for a book that has it all – suspense, romance, intrigue, plot twists, edge-of-your-seat page turning, look no further! The first book in a new series, Dixie has knocked it out of the park, creating a world you want to delve deeper into at the end of the book!’-DBS, Goodreads reviewer
‘Parallax is an explosive action-packed thriller that entertained me right from the gate. Filled with twists and turns, and just enough romance to keep things interesting, this who-dun2 years ago Read more -
Blog postHappy fall, y’all! Here in the mountains, fall is definitely in full swing. We’re experiencing lower temperatures and the leaves are in the beginning stages of changing. I’m so excited about both these things because seeing the leaf show each fall just happens to be one of the favorite fall activities, and that’s what today’s WWBC is all about hosted by the great folks over at LASR. Be sure to stop by for a full list of participating bloggers today as well as instructions how to jump in with<2 years ago Read more
Titles By Dixie Jackson
Living outside an Army base in the Midwest meant Madison Melbourne grew up around soldiers by the thousands. While they were a constant in her life, she never envisioned herself filling the role of Army wife. Until Gage came along. Over the course of a few months, Madi figured out two things. She might be head over heels and she was definitely pregnant. Against the advice of friends and family, she jumped over the state line and into a marriage that would later be defined by the secrets it held rather than the truths she thought it was based on. Upon his death in combat, Gage leaves Madi with more questions than answers and more debt than money, forcing her from her Kentucky home and right back where she started. She may be at square one, but Madi’s determined to move forward and never to be left destitute and heartbroken again.
Seeing how difficult the Marine Corps is on marriages and families, Rafe McCarthy has sentenced himself to a life of hard time as a bachelor, living for the moment and never staying with any woman long enough for the grass to grow beneath his feet. In fact, Rafe has a reputation as the unit player that follows him everywhere he goes with a vengeance. But it seems biological time clocks aren’t just a female thing. In fact, Rafe’s biological alarm goes off one afternoon and like a man possessed he falls into a wife seeking mode akin to the heat seeking missiles he’s watched zipping over the Middle East for the last several years. It’s only a matter of hours before he has Madi in his crosshairs and a matter of days until he realizes he’s sighted in on one tragically broken woman. But instead of listening to every single male instinct he possesses and running, Rafe digs in his heels, determined they can work and hell-bent on making her happy.
And then the tears come…
Bryce: After eight years of living without Cait O’Kelley, Bryce finds himself tasked with the job of watching over her during her weeklong stay at Bethany. She’s come home to sort out her life and while she’s contemplating her future, Bryce discovers the fireworks are still there. But can they ever go back to where they once were? As his own bundle of secrets begin to surface, Bryce sees only one way to save Cait, leave her behind, and with a whole host of new problems that she can neither explain away nor hide.
Kurt: With so many differences between him and Deidre Maloney, Kurt can't believe he's let himself fall for such a woman. She's looking for a prime rib guy and Kurt knows he's just skirt steak. When they're in close proximity, however, something undeniably amazing happens. How does he convince her that family isn't something to fear and love doesn't hurt, and a slower, lower life is what she's been looking for all along?
Logan: Not only is Logan the last of his siblings to remain unmarried and unsettled, his entire family believes he'll never find a wife. The baby of eight, he's been dubbed an irresponsible player and told he'll never amount to a hill of beans. There was a time Logan may have been okay with those descriptions, but no more, and if his family would stop meddling in his affairs and trying to dictate who he should and shouldn't be seeing, he might just show them he's found the one: Lizzy Jenkins.
Welcome to Sussex County, Delaware, the slower, lower part of the state where life takes on its on pace. Enjoy your stay!
Chloe Hamilton was born of a long line of dissidents, spies, and dark ops fighters. How deep she’s in and how far back those roots take her is a secret to everyone including her ex, who just happens to be in charge of protecting her current assignment: Lucy Wayland, kindergartner. After four years of radio silence, Chloe finds herself on Cord’s doorstep with her au pair persona on and dragging way more baggage than the suitcase holding her clothes. Never in her wildest imagination did she ever expect to see Cord again, yet here she was in living color.
It doesn’t take long to discover while confined to quarters together that the fire still burns bright between them, but the secrets that kept them apart before have only grown exponentially. Chloe’s determined to fulfill not only her mission, but her destiny, which she knows without a doubt was etched on her heel long before she was conceived of. Even if it means leaving what she wants behind, again. Cord’s determined he’s not taking no for an answer, again. Their determinations will take them from the Carolina coast to the mountains of the Pacific Northwest where all the secrets that kept them apart will come unraveled, and will either make them or break them.
Once upon a time, Leila O’Neil wanted to be a Marine when she grew up. She worked hard, she landed a seat at the Academy, and she was the head of her class. Then her dream was destroyed and she traded it in for a new one at the nearest Coterie portal. She wears so many faces and so many hats, at some point she lost track of her soul. That didn’t really bother her until Trent Wayland came along and almost peeled her dressing room curtain back nearly exposing her innermost person. The real person, the real Leila, who once upon a time wanted to be a Marine when she grew up.
Leila misses the real person, and realizes it at the worst possible moment. With her daughter’s life on the line and Trent on the scene of the crime, Leila figures out she’s been using her hurt and anger to fuel all the wrong goals. In a daring move, she puts it all on the line, hoping it’s enough to gain her freedom from her handlers and her husband’s forgiveness.
After twenty-seven years of marriage and service to his country, Gavin McIntyre returns from what he hopes will be his last deployment before either reaching the highest attainable enlisted rank in the Marine Corps or retiring. But what he returns to leaves him flat aback with a busted mast and broken rudder. His wife is a no show for the homecoming. Using the ages old adage of improvise, adapt, and overcome, he makes his way home only to discover, she hasn’t simply forgotten to pick him up from the bus, she’s gone. In her wake, Gavin finds his home set up boot camp style and a couple of twenties in the cookie jar, but any evidence he’s ever had a wife or five children with her is deplete.
Pregnant at sixteen and married to a marine in a less than romantic ceremony courtesy of the local Justice, Raylyn McIntyre has spent almost three decades playing the dutiful patriotic wife, catering to the whims of the military. She’s lost track of how many places she’s lived, how many deployments she’s endured, and how many tears she’s shed. But most of all, she’s lost track of herself. With a husband who’s so wrapped up in saving the world he can’t see he’s losing his family, Ray resorts to the one tactic he might understand…a full-frontal attack with extreme prejudice.
Nothing good ever comes easy, though, and just when her choice of battle plan seems to be working, tragedy befalls their family. As Ray and Gavin struggle to find center, they also struggle with the notion that forgiveness of self is often the only path to forgiveness of another, and that path is not only bumpy but filled with pitfalls.
Chase Wayland isn’t looking for a relationship status. In fact, any type of agreement past weekend lover is even a stretch. A former Marine Raider, he now owns his own security firm and is interested in only one thing: keeping his clients safe. He has a failed marriage under his belt and trust isn’t in his vocabulary. In his mind, no amount of restitution can fix that. There’s only one way in Chase’s world and that’s his way whether anyone, including his current client Libby Calhoun, agrees or not.
Kyle Montgomery’s life was seemingly perfect. Heavily recruited fresh from the Naval Academy, he’d been working black ops for the Marine Corps for six years. He was on the fast track to bigger and better things, had all the right people vetting him, and he'd married the woman of his dreams. Then, with the Middle East in turmoil, Kyle was sent on a mission which would change the course of his life forever and leave him widowed. While a relationship of any kind will be nearly impossible, absolution will definitely be hard coming.
Author’s note: Flashpoint consists of two full-length contemporary romance novels, complete with their respective HEAs. Restitution and Absolution are the prequel books to the upcoming S3 series.